Hey Dave- You may have better luck going higher in the OS stream- try something from 7.6 and above- they should work, but my guess is, say above 8.6, they'll start to bog down. Look on the cheap sites (half.com, ebay) for used OS's-
The above is based on my experiences w/ my 5000/225, that now has a G3 card in it w/ 9.1, going fine. That said, my knowledge on this is far from complete- so good luck! Jim Crick > Hi. I've recently been given a surplus StarMax 4000/200: it got bought > cheap at an auction purely for the big monitor that came with it! The > disk has been wiped, and the original CDs are long gone. Before I > give up and use it for NetBSD or Linux, I thought I'd try to install a > MacOS on it. According lowendmac and suchlike places, 7.5.3 should > work. > > An 8.1 Disk Tools floppy I downloaded boots fine, and has enough > marbles to run the free 7.5.3 installer off a Zip disk. However, > the installer says it doesn't support this Mac. I managed to get > it to install a univeral System anyway (by option-command-launching > it). The universal 7.5.3 system boots, but puts up the dialog that > says "this startup disk will not work with this Macintosh model", > which is consistent with the installer's opinion, so fair enough. > > Further digging on the web reveals that the PowerMac 4400, which Apple > themselves made based on the same Tanzania board as the StarMax, > shipped with 7.5.3 _and_ System Enabler 827. I haven't been able to > find this enabler anywhere; and in any case the 4400 had a PPC603e, > whereas the 4000/200 has a 604e if that makes any difference. > > So, does anyone know what it would take to make 7.5.3 happy on the > StarMax 4000/200? > > I assume this is the sort of FAQ that used to be answered at > www.starmax.net; does anyone have copies of the info that used > to live there? > > Many thanks for any light you can shed! > > Cheers, > > ---- Dave Evers -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
